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Today would have been Jan’s birthday as he was born 15th March 1883 in Poland. He was the father of Irene and Stanislaw. He died 5th April 1936 and is buried in Lodz. Happy birthday Jan, you are not forgotten.

Kindly forwarded by Jonathan Tygier are the below photographs of his Grandparents, John Tygier and Barbara Najman.

John (Jan) Tygier 1883-1930

John was one of the three children that did not come to the UK with his mother, Minnie, and six of his brothers and sisters. The other two children that stayed behind where a sister Gustawa (Gertrude) and a brother Herman.

Below is some form of ID pass for Jan (Ksiazeczka Wojskowa = Book Military)

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Contact email received from Charles J Teiger (known as Joe) in New York. Joe is the son of Sidney Wollf Teiger and Hetty Cohern. He would be a 2nd cousin once removed to Emma North/Adam Phillips. He confirms that his father thought there were two, unrelated, Teiger/Tygier families in Lodz so it can’t be assumed that any records found relate to our line.